Some of Hollywood’s most provocative stars take on humble roles while Monique turned from her usual comedic persona to that of an abusive, monstrous mother to help paint a heart-wrenching upbringing of “Claireece Precious Jones.” 

Precious Jones lives in misery in which she escapes by imagining herself being courted by handsome men and stardom during her regular episodes of mental and physical abuse mainly by her unemployed mother and absent father.   Although she realizes her bleak situation, she still longs for affection and love from the very hand that deals her bitterness and sorrow; explaining why she still sticks around. 



After enrolling in an alternative school where she makes some great friends, learns how to read and write, and gives birth to a healthy baby boy (although fathered by her own father), she begins to feel a sense of personal empowerment and self worth.  This ultimately leads to the revelation of a more sensitive, yet still stubborn side of her mother during a conversational confrontation and then the leaving of her horrid nest.

We cheer Precious on as she fights for her dignity: from the slapping of her insulting classmate, to the holding of a pan while her mother ostracizes, we weep for her pain and wishes she will leave her tragedy and rise to higher ground.